Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 921: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Acts passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas sponsored by her Department in each year from 2003 to 2007; the Acts which were legislation wholly or mainly required by Ireland's EU obligations, which were partly so required, and which had no significant or minimal reference to EU legislation; and if in the first two cases Ireland had significant discretion, as to the manner in which EU obligations were translated into domestic law. [1195/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister for Education & Science has sponsored the following legislation in the 2003-2007 period:

Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 (No. 30/2004)

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 17/2005)

Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005 (No. 21/2005)

University College Galway (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 1/2006)

Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 2/2006)

Institutes of Technology Act 2006 (No. 25/2006)

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 9/2007)

In addition, during this period there was one Private Act which involved the Department of Education & Science, i.e. the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Act 2003 (No. P1/2003). None of these Acts were wholly or mainly required by Ireland's EU obligations. Generally the provisions of the European Communities Acts 1972-2007 would be the principal legal instrument through which Ministers make orders to give effect to EU Directives on various matters. In the education sector this has largely related to the transposition of Qualifications Directives over the past number of years, e.g. during the time period in question the European Communities (Recognition of Qualifications and Experience) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 372/2003) gave legal effect to Council Directive No. 99/42/EC of 7th June 1999.